How well would this work for scanning pages in an older book?
28899
I have been using this to scan all my mothers older books and it has worked well
28900
It's ideal. The portability of the Flip-Pal makes it easy to hold and position in place. Imagine holding a picture frame on top of a page you want to scan -- that's what it looks like. If you're concerned about cracking the spine, you're in control of that.
28901
Keeping in mind that the largest size it scans is 4 x 6 - you can take the lid off, turn the scanner upside down, center it on the page, and scan. The buttons are on the side, so you have to be aware of where they are when it is upside down. Larger pages would have to "stitched" -- which I have yet to try.I have turned it upside down to scan pictures that are still in the album, and even small pictures that were in a picture frame (couldn't be removed) - they turned out fine.
28902
It works just fine. You would place the scanner on the book, with the top taken off and move it around the book page. Depending on how big the old book is will determine how many times you have to move the scanner. One thing I learned the hard way was that I didn't overlap the scanned pieces enough at the beginning and the stitching software couldn't put it into a whole piece. Otherwise I have taken this with me on my genealogy quests with great satisfaction. Only problem, as I've mentioned before is the battery dependence. Bring extra memory cards or have the ability to download from the little card. Without a card or battery, it doesn't work. It works just fine. You would place the scanner on the book, with the top taken off and move it around the book page. Depending on how big the old book is will determine how many times you have to move the scanner. One thing I learned the hard way was that I didn't overlap the scanned pieces enough at the beginning and the stitching software couldn't put it into a whole piece. Otherwise I have taken this with me on my genealogy quests with great satisfaction. Only problem, as I've mentioned before is the battery dependence. Bring extra memory cards or have the ability to download from the... » Read More It works just fine. You would place the scanner on the book, with the top taken off and move it around the book page. Depending on how big the old book is will determine how many times you have to move the scanner. One thing I learned the hard way was that I didn't overlap the scanned pieces enough at the beginning and the stitching software couldn't put it into a whole piece. Otherwise I have taken this with me on my genealogy quests with great satisfaction. Only problem, as I've mentioned before is the battery dependence. Bring extra memory cards or have the ability to download from the little card. Without a card or battery, it doesn't work. « Show Less
28903
It makes a good image of what it sees. You do need a flat surface, so if the spine is brittle, you might not get a good picture of the inner part.
28904
It works just fine. You would place the scanner on the book, with the top taken off and move it around the book page. Depending on how big the old book is will determine how many times you have to move the scanner. One thing I learned the hard way was that I didn't overlap the scanned pieces enough at the beginning and the stitching software couldn't put it into a whole piece. Otherwise I have taken this with me on my genealogy quests with great satisfaction. Only problem, as I've mentioned before is the battery dependence. Bring extra memory cards or have the ability to download from the little card. Without a card or battery, it doesn't work.
154382
I have used it only on books in good condition, but I agree that while the scanner has not done any damage, bending the spine of the book to get the best possible scan would.
1028063
You can also manually scan double-sided pages. The software leads you through the process. Very easy to do.
353994
Yes and no. It isn't a true document scanner so you are manually scanning each and every page. The main point of interest is the optical character application (Adobe's ABBYY FineReader Version 9). This converts scanned text to either PDF or Word format. It's not a bad program for pamphlets and pure text documents. However I was hoping to scan a workshop manual for my car - that was a Fail for reasons that have more to do with Word than with FineReader. In short I am now looking for document scanning software because nothing included with the scanner was up to the task I was attempting.
940595
No, the width of the scanner is only 8.5" so it is best for scanning standard-sized pages.
671061
Not really. I tried scanning OLD poloroid photos that were glued to the back of cardboard, you may be too young to remember those, but it didn't like those too much and I used my big copier/scanner for those. Also, it likes some old newpaper and not other so I would be careful about what you put thru. It did an amazing job on my photos, tho, like we got printed in the old days from Walgreen's so you can compare your project to those items. My Mom uses it for her printed out geneology that is on regular 20# printer paper and it does great. Don't know if I answered your questions but I tried.
1742012
Depends on the book. For textbooks not always. There isn't enough space in the book between the text and the binding so the words on the left get cut off. That or the scanner is slightly too big and wide so the scanner doesn't capture all the text. I would say for most books it's not suitable and you'd be better off with a flat bed book scanner which is much better quality and easier to use but more expensive.
1939945
Yes -- you can scan from a book by opening the cover and laying the book on the glass. Like most book scans or copies, the binding makes one edge of the page a little distorted and blurry since the binding prevents the book page from laying flat on the glass. It will vary from book to book, but my experience has been that the pages are legible though not pretty. If you're willing to share your email, I'd be happy to send you a pdf sample of a book scan; I don't think I can attach it here.
1330114
I wouldn't know as it doesn't come with any software. Just the device, a cloth to wipe the reading glass. It's really only good for business cards or small articles like receipts or an article in a journal. Not for full page scanning.
799371
I have had no problems scanning pages from top to bottom on larger books. Smaller books have to be scanned from the spine to the edge of the pages side ways. It may take some practice to scan the entire manuscript on pages and to get the best speed. I use a class 10 chip. I have had only a few pages have "warps" on the scans. I am very pleased with this product, it has met all of my needs and expectations as a genealogist.
1046458
The scanning quality is good, depending on your setting. Scanning for "professional printing" is a little vague because you didn't mention size or the type of artwork. I have not been unhappy with any of the functions.
1749267
It's entirely manual. You open the book and place it on the glass. The advantage of this scanner, for book scanning, is that the glass is very close to the front edge. This allows you to scan more of a page (usually the whole page) almost all the way up to the binding at the front edge of the scanner.
794976
we have used the scanner to copy old photos to file and print, and it works fine. we have not tried to copy photos in a book. you will have some trouble if you cannot flatten the pages for the scanning process.
1315727
I've scanned 35mm slides and negatives that were more than 30 years old with out any problems. much better than scanning a old photo.
1045049
Yes I am pretty sure it will. I have scanned pages in thick books with good results.
794975
If you can get the scanner flat on the surface of each picture you should be ok. If the picture is wedged close to the spine of the book you won't be able to get the scanner to see all of it.
1948295
I have had no problems with scanning. You can preselect paper size on the computer driver before you select scan and it will scan the whole document.